There were 13 people on screen, summiting Mount Kilimanjaro, at an altitude of 5,895 metres. There were nearly a 100 people in the hall, cheering them on, clapping each time they surmounted an obstacle, shedding a tear at their struggles, rejoicing in their bonding.
Nagpur: The Gadchiroli district administration, keeping Maoist threats aside, has created special provisions for around 2,196 challenged voters, including 351 visually impaired. This is following the directives of the Election Commission of India (ECI), which has also created a mobile phone app for ‘PWD’ (person with disability), to help them seek benefits through it. In Maharashtra, around 2.24 lakh voters with various challenges are on the electoral list.
Pune In a bid to help visually impaired and disabled students, select students from Sir Parashurambhau College, also known as S P College, have formed a group called Divya Zhep. The group members conduct a number of activities throughout the year, right from providing them writer during the exams.
Now, the blind especially students and employees need not to ask anyone about the route number of any bus arriving at the bus stops as the Delhi Transport Department is planning to install digital audio announcements facilities at the ‘bus queue shelters’ across the Capital alike the metro station. The announcing facilities that will be fitted in both the Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) buses and bus stops will tell the information related to the arrival of upcoming buses such as route number, name and time of arrival and departure.
The 14th IBCA World Individual Championships 2019 for blind and visually impaired began on the 6th of April 2019 at Cagliari, Italy. The top four finishers of Indian National A 2019 are participating in the event. Kishan Gangolli, Aryan Joshi, Subhendu Kumar Patra and Krishna Udupa. In the first round Kishan was paired against the only GM in the field, the top seeded Marcin Tazbir. He fought valiantly, but in the end lost the game because of time pressure. Aryan Joshi lost his game to IM Piotr Dukaczewski. Krishna Udupa also lost his game.
दृष्टिहीन मतदाताओं के लिए ब्रेल लिपि में मतपत्र बनाने काम शुरू हो गया है। पहले चरण में पांच राज्यों की 138 लोकसभा सीटों के लिए 14 हजार बैलेट पेपर तैयार किए जा रहे हैं। यह डमी बैलेट पेपर ईवीएम मशीन के साथ दृष्टिहीन मतदाताओं के लिए लगेंगे। देहरादून स्थित राष्ट्रीय दृष्टिबाधित संस्थान(एनआईवीएच) में इन दिनों ब्रेल लिपि के बैलेट पेपर बनाने का काम चल रहा है। उत्तराखंड के साथ ही यूपी, हरियाणा, बिहार और हिमाचल प्रदेश के 139 लोकसभा क्षेत्रों के लिए इन मतपत्रों को तैयार किया जा रहा है। एनआईवीएच निदेशक नचिकेता राउत का कहना है कि जिन लोकसभा क्षेत्रों से ब्रेल लिपि मतपत्रों की मांग आई थी, उन्हें तैयार
Rajesh Bishambahr Dayal is looking to make his mark in the upcoming general elections from Mumbai. A visually impaired person, Dayal is contesting as an Independent from the South Mumbai constituency. A Mumbaikar by birth, Dayal says he is clued into the struggles faced by common people and wants to speak for them.
The Communist Party of India (Marxist)'s move to dedicate a section of its
election manifesto to the disabled community has thrown the spotlight on the
two main contenders in the national - the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and
the Congress Party.
Neither the BJP nor the Congress have released their manifestos, but the
CPI(M)'s move has led to more voices calling upon them to reflect the needs
of India's disabled population.
CHARTER OF DEMANDS
CHENNAI: A visually impaired assistant professor of a government college in the city faces the possibility of disciplinary action for not attending a training session on election-related work.
K Raghuraman from Nandanam Government Arts and Science College had reached the training centre in Villvakkam on March 24, but had to leave as there were no accessible features or proper assistance for him at the centre. Despite his requestion for exemption, he was asked to attend the training session for polling booth presiding officers.
PANAJI: Forty visually impaired voters, including 24 blind persons, from Sattari, Bicholim, Bardez, Tiswadi, Pernem and Priol attended a training and awareness programme on the election process.
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